Exceptional carol recordings

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Amazing recordings with incredible sound quality, and just too good not to share!
Uploaded to YouTube today by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge:

Mariä Wiegenlied

There is no rose (John Joubert)

In Dulci Jubilo (Arr. Robert de Pearsall)

Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. Charles Wood)

Sussex Carol (Arr. Philip Ledger)

All Bells in Paradise (John Rutter)

The Shepherd’s Carol (Bob Chillcot)
Better known:

Away In a Manger (Arr. David Willcocks)

O Holy Night (Arr. John Rutter)

O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Desc. Thomas Armstrong)

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Desc. David Willcocks)

Hark! the herald angels sing (Desc. Stephen Cleobury)
Many more…

R.I.P. Stephen Cleobury
On radio and TV today from King’s:

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, live on BBC Radio 4 at 3pm (UK time)

Carols from King’s, BBC Two 5pm (UK time) (Video also available for download from King’s College Recordings)

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Many years ago I bought a generic Xmas CD, that happened to contain the best rendition of “Good Christian Men Rejoice” I’ve ever heard. I’ve been trying to find it online for years, with no luck.

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Unabashed plug for the Carols for a Cure CD series from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. GREAT renditions of traditional holiday songs, and some new ones thrown in for good measure. And for a great cause.

My holiday season is not complete until I get the new CD.

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I love the harmonizing by The Roches.

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Stille Nacht

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Pavarotti sings the Italian carol, Gesu Bambino.

Lovely versions of I Saw Three Ships and The Holly And The Ivy from the John McCarthy Chorale.

Peter, Paul and Mary’s A-Soalin’.

John Denver And The Muppets’ The Peace Carol.